Special thanks to Sandra Alice (Degnan) Seaman (Para. 4.C.1.k.(2.(a.(1)(a) of the Alexander Patterson Biles page) for her extensive research and
documentation, which was used in compiling the information in this annex:

Origin of
the surname “Holcombe:”

Generation

21

20Sir John de Holcomb

1.Biographical notes:

Knighted and granted the Manor of Holcombe in Devon
County, England for his heroic efforts during the Third Crusade to Palestine
(1189 – 1192).

19(?) de Holcomb

18(?) de Holcomb

17Walter de Holcomb

1.Biographical notes:

Born about 1350 in England.Lord of
Holcomb in Devon County, England.

2.Wife: (?)

3.Children:

a. John Holcomb: See generation 16, below.

16John Holcomb

1.Biographical notes:

Born about 1389 at (probably)
Hole/Hull, Devon County, England.

2.Wife: Isabel Downe

Born about 1382 at Downe
Ralph, Cornwall County, England, daughter of Hugh Downe (b. about 1355).Isabel married John Holcomb about 1411.

Of interest, Hugh Down was the son of Ralph (b.
about 1320) and Isabelle (de la Bruer) Downe (b. about 1325).Isabelle de la Bruer was the daughter of
William de la Bruer (b. about 1297), who was the son
of Geofrey de la Bruer (b.
about 1272).

3.Children:

a. John Holcomb, Jr.: See generation 15,
below.

15John Holcomb, Jr.

1.Biographical notes:

Born about 1412 at (probably)
Hole/Hull, Devon County, England.

2.Wife: JoaneFolkeroy

Born about 1420, daughter of William Folkeroy (b. 1395 in England) of (probably) Hole/Hull.Married John Holcomb, Jr.
about 1441.

3.Children:

a. Roger Holcomb: See generation 14, below.

14Roger Holcomb

1.Biographical notes:

Born about 1442 at Hole/Hull,
Devon County, England.Died 20 January 1479/80 at
Hole/Hull, Devon County, England.

2.Wife: Margaret Avenell

Born about 1452 (probably) at Blackpool, South Moulton, England, daughter of John Avenell/Avenal (b. 1440 at Blackpool)
of Blackpool.Died 7 April
1499 at Hole/Hull, Devon County, England.Married Rober
Holcomb about 1471.

3.Children:

a. Charles Holcomb: See generation 13,
below.

13Charles Holcomb

1.Biographical notes:

Born about 1472 at Hole/Hull,
Devon County, England.Died there about 1528.

2.Wife: Jane (?)

Born about 1485.Married Charles Holcomb about 1504.

3.Children:

a. Ellis Holcomb: See generation 12, below.

12Ellis Holcomb

1.Biographical notes:

Born about 1505 at Hole/Hull,
Devon County, England.

2.Wife: Elizabeth Suydenham

Born about 1515 (probably) at Lynford,
Dorset County, England, daughter of Thomas Suydenham of Lynford/Winford.Married Ellis Holcomb about 1534.

3.Children:

a. Thomas H. Holcomb: See generation 11,
below.

11Thomas H. Holcomb

1.Biographical notes:

Born about 1535 at Hole/Hull,
Devon County, England.

2.Wife: Margaret Trethford/Treturfe

Born about 1540 in (probably)
Cornwall County, England, daughter of Reynold/ReyoldTrethford/Treturfe (b. about 1515) of Cornwall.Married Thomas H. Holcomb about 1560 in Devon County, England.

3.Children:

a. Christopher Holcomb: Born about 1560.

b. Gilbert Holcomb: See generation 10,
below.

c. Josias Holcomb: Born
after 1566.

10Gilbert Holcomb

1.Biographical notes:

Born about 1565 at Hole/Hull,
Devon County, England.Died there 14 October 1623.

2.Wife: Anne Courtenay

Born 1568 at Brottonin,
Cornwall County, England, daughter of Peter (b. about 1536 at Ladock, Cornwall County, England) and Katherine (Reskymer) Courtenay (b. about 1536 at Hayleford,
Cornwall Co., England).Died 1642 in England.Married Gilbert Holcomb
about 1594 at Votten, Cornwall County, England.

3.Children:

a. Thomas Holcomb: See generation 9, below.

b. Alfred Holcomb: Born about 1605 at Pembroke,
Pembroke County, Wales.

c. Gilbert Holcomb #1: Born about 1609 at Pembroke,
Pembroke County, Wales.

d. Nicholas Holcomb #1: Born about 1611 at Pembroke,
Pembroke County, Wales.

e. William Holcomb: Born about 1615 at Pembroke,
Pembroke County, Wales.

f. Gilbert Holcomb #2: Born about 1619 at Hole, Devon
County, England.

g. Roger Holcomb: Born about 1619 at Hole, Devon
County, England.

h. Nicholas Holcomb #2: Born about 1621 at Hole,
Devon County, England.

9Thomas Holcomb

1.Biographical notes:

Born about 1601 in Devon County,
England.Died 1 October 1657 at Windsor, Hartford
County, Connecticut; interred Poquonnock, Hartford
County, Connecticut.Employed
as a farmer.Presumed to
emigrated from Plymouth, England to America on aboard the “Mary & John,”
landing at Nantasket Point, Massachusetts on 30 May
1630.Granted freeman
status by the General Court at Dorchester on 14 May 1634.Moved, with other members
of the “Mary & John” company, from the Boston area of Massachusetts to the
Connecticut River Valley.

2.Wife: Elizabeth Ferguson

Born about 1617 in Devon County,
England, daughter of Thomas (b. about 1584 at Pembrokeshire,
Wales) and Elizabeth (?)Ferguson (b. about 1586 in Wales, m. 1608 in Wales).Died 7 October 1679 at
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.Married Thomas Holcomb on 14 May 1634 at Dorchester,
Suffolk County, Massachusetts.After Thomas died (1657), Elizabeth married (2nd) widower
James Eno on 5 August 1658.

3.Children:

a. Elizabeth Holcomb: Born 16 November 1634 at
Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

b. Mary Holcomb: Born 4 April 1635 at Dorchester,
Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

c. Abigail Holcomb: Born 6 January 1637/38 at
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.

d. Joshua Holcomb: Born 27 September 1640 at Windsor,
Hartford County, Connecticut.

e. Sarah Holcomb: Born 11 August 1642 at Windsor,
Hartford County, Connecticut.

f. Benajah Holcomb: Born 23
June 1644 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.

g. Jonathan Holcomb: Born 1646 at Windsor, Hartford
County, Connecticut.

h. Deborah Holcomb #1: Born 15 October 1646 at
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.

i. Nathaniel Holcomb: See generation 8,
below.

j. Deborah Holcomb #2: Born 15 February 1650/51 at
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.

k. Jonathan Holcomb: Born 23 March 1651/52 at Windsor,
Hartford County, Connecticut.

l. Ebenezer Holcomb: Born about 1654 at Windsor,
Hartford County, Connecticut.

8Nathaniel Holcomb

1.Biographical notes:

Born 4 November 1648 at Poquonock,
Windsor Township, Hartford County, Connecticut.Died 5 February 1739/40/41
at Windsor (or Simsbury).

f. Hester Holcomb: Born February 1683/84 at Simsbury,
Hartford County, Connecticut.

g. Catherine Holcomb: Born about 1689 at Simsbury,
Hartford County, Connecticut.Died 1769 at West Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.Married Joseph Messenger (b. 2 Sep 1687 at
Windsor, CT, d. 10 May 1763 at Simsbury), son of Nathaniel and Rebecca (Kelsey)
Messenger, on 22 January 1707/08 at Simsbury.

h. Elizabeth Holcomb: Born about 1690/85 at Windsor,
Hartford County, Connecticut.Died 12 July 1700 at Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.

i. Sarah Holcomb: Born about 1691 at Simsbury,
Hartford County, Connecticut.Died 1787.Married
Samuel Barber (b. 17 May 1673 at Simsbury, d. there 18 Dec 1725), son of Thomas
and Mary (Phelps) Barber, on 17 December 1712 at Simsbury.

j. Margaret Holcomb: Born about 1692 at Simsbury,
Hartford County, Connecticut.

l. Esther Holcomb: Born February 1683/84.Married Brewster Higley
(b. 10 Jan 1678/79 at Windsor, d. 5 Nov 1760), son of John and Hannah (Drake) Higley on 17 February 1708/09 at Simsbury, Hartford County,
Connecticut.

7Lieutenant Nathaniel Holcomb, Jr.

1.Biographical notes:

Born 11 June/6 November 1673 at
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.Died 29
September 1766 at Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.Served in the militia in
1716.Represented
Simsbury, Connecticut in the General Court of Connecticut for 4 terms (1748
-1753).

Born 26/27 December 1675 at Hampden, Springfield
County, Massachusetts (or Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT), daughter of Peter and
Martha (Cogan) Buell.Died
6 September 1760 at Simsbury, Harford County, Connecticut.Married Nathaniel on 1
November 1695 at Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.

3.Children:

a. Nathaniel Holcomb, III: Born 25 October 1696 at Salmonbrook/Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut.Married Thankful Hayes (b.
about 1700 at Simsbury, d. 15 May 1771 at Simsbury), daughter of George and
Abigail (Dibble) Hayes on 9 October 1717 at Simsbury, Hartford County,
Connecticut.

b. Benjamin Holcomb: Born 15 February 1697/8 at
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.Died 3 April 1700.

c. David Holcomb:See generation 6, below.

d. Elizabeth Holcomb: Born 4/14 March 1699/00 at
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.Died there 13 April 1700.

e. Martha Holcomb: Born 15 February 1700/01/02 (or
1704) at Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.Died there 29 January
1724/25.Married Jonathan Buttolph (b. 2 Jun 1697 at Simsbury, d. there Jun 1769),
son of David and Mary (Buck) Buttolph, on 21 February
1723/4 at Simsbury.

h. Mary Holcomb: Born about 1711/10 at Simsbury, Hartford
County, Connecticut.Died
10 October 1810 at Northeast, Dutchess County, New
York.Married David Buttolph (b. 24 May 1709 at Simsbury, d. 20 Feb 1783 at
Northeast), son of David and Mary (Buck) Buttolph.

Born 25 October 1696/5 (or about
1699) at Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.Died 4 March 1784 (or Feb 1784) in the Salmon Brook Section of
Simsbury and present day Granby.Was employed as a farmer and inn-keeper.Served in the Connecticut
militia during the French and Indian Wars.

Born 25 August 1704 at Simsbury,
Hartford County, Connecticut, daughter of David (b. 7 May 1669 at Boston,
Suffolk County, MA) and Mary
(Buck) Buttolph
(b. 12 Mar 1673 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CN).Died there 4 March 1767.Married David Holcomb on 3 January/1 March 1722/21 at
Simsbury.

b. Children:

(1. Mehitable Holcomb:
Born about 1723/2.Married
Ebenezer Kendall in 1740.

(12. Jedediah Holcomb:
Born about 1740 at Granby, HartfordCounty, Connecticut.Died 27 November 1779 at
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.Married Mary Holcombe in 1760.

(13. Eli Holcomb: See generation 5, below.

3.Wife #2: Elizabeth Hoskins

Born about 1750.Married, as his 2nd wife, David Holcomb 21 February 1770
at Granby/Simsbury, Hartford County, Massachusetts.No children.

5Eli Holcomb

1.Biographical notes:

Born 13/3 April/March 1741/2 at Granby/Simsbury,
Hartford County, Connecticut.Died 10
May 1822/3 (or 19 Mar 1823) at Ulster, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interred
in the Old Ulster Cemetery.In March
1793 settled in Ulster Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania and operated a
saw mill on Cash’s Creek, near the center of town.Served in the Revolutionary
War.

Born 3 April 1742/41 at Danbury,
Fairfield County, Connecticut of some Pequot-Christian Indian ancestry.Died 1/6
June/July 1825 at Ulster, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interred in the Old
Ulster Cemetery.Married Eli Holcomb on
10 March/3 October 1764 at Danbury and had a large family.

3.Children: (order uncertain)

a. Eli B. Holcomb: Born 1766.

b. Selah Holcomb: Born 4 September 1767 at Granby,
Hartford County, Connecticut.Died 4 August 1842 at Litchfield, Herkimer County, New York.Married Sarah Wilcox in
Connecticut.Settled
in Herkimer County, New York.

c. Hannah Holcomb: Born 3 April 1771 at Simsbury,
Hartford County, Pennsylvania.Died 29 January 1850 at LeRoy, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania.First pioneer woman of LeRoy.Married SeelyCrofut and spent her day with family in LeRoy.

d. Alpheus Holcomb:See generation 4, below.

e. Truman H. Holcomb: Born 10/16 August 1769 at
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.Died 25/24 December 1848 at Ulster, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.First settled at LeRoy,
but in 1814 purchased 121 acres of the farm occupied by his father in Ulster
and moved there permanently.Married (1st)
SebaBannen (d. Dec 1809)
in 1793 and had the following children:

(1. Eli Holcomb.

(2. Samuel B. Holcomb.

(3. Alfred Holcomb.

(4. Seba Holcomb: Married
(1st) James Burk.Married (2nd) William Scott.

(5. Lucy B. Holcomb: Married Perly
Morse.

(6. Minerva Holcomb: Married Weldon Galop.

(7. Delight Holcomb: Married Benjamin Savton.

(8. Lydia Holcomb: Married Thomas Kitchen.

Truman Holcomb married (2nd) Lydia Ladd
on 1 January 1811 at Albany Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania and had the
following children:

(9. Jared Holcomb.

(10. J. Milton Holcomb.

(11. Truman H. Holcomb.

(12. Charles W. Holcomb.

(13. Roxery Holcomb:
Married John Cole.

(14. Julia Ann Holcomb: Married David Cole.

(15. Lucinda Holcomb: Married Gurden
H. Eaton.

(16. Nancy Holcomb.

(17. Mary Holcomb.

(18. Ellen Holcomb: Married Ansel
Olmstead.

f. Hugh Holcomb: Born 14 October 1774 in
Connecticut.Died 27 June 1843 at Sunstroke,
LeRoy Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania.He and his
brother, Truman, were among the first settlers of LeRoy,
Pennsylvania.Built and operated a sawmill and gristmill.Married (1st) Elizabeth Oakley (perhaps the daughter of Miles
Oakley of Barkhamsted, Connecticut) in 1800 at LeRoy and had the following son:

(1. Marlon Holcomb.

Hugh Holcomb married (2nd) Prudence
Bailey (b. 16 Oct 1784 at Old Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. d.
4 Feb 1861 at LeRoy), daughter of Oliver and Hannah (Scovill) Bailey, in 1803 at Granville, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania and had the following children:

(2. Alonzo Holcomb.

(3. Orator Homcomb.

(4. Harvey Holcomb.

(5. Judson Holcomb.

(6. Emeline Holcomb:
Married Tyrus Himes.

(7. Ezra Holcomb.

g. Sterling Holcomb: Born 10 October 1776 at Granby,
Hartford County, Connecticut.Died 22 March 1850 at LeRoy, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania.Married
Betsy Stone (b. 18 Apr 1783, d. 1 Feb 1855 at LeRoy)
on 16 September 1800 at Franklin, Pennsylvania and had the following children:

(1. Louisa Holcomb: Married Levi Taylor.

(2. Sylvia Holcomb: Married Orison Royce.

(3. Hiram Holcomb.

(4. Harry Holcomb.

(5. Benjamin Holcomb.

(6. Sarah Holcomb: Married Elon
A. Bailey.

(7. Seeley Holcomb.

(8. Cynthia Holcomb: Married Andrew Spaulding.

(9. Horace S. Holcomb.

(10. Betsy Matilda Holcomb: Married Luman D. Taylor.

(11. Chester Holcomb.

(12. Hannah Holcomb: Married Charles Bliss.

h. Jared Holcomb: Born 4 April 1780.Died 26 April 1850 (age 70)
at Ulster, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.Was a Justice of the Peace for many years.Married (1st)
Hannah Andrews (d. 1 Aug 1838, age 66) and occupied a portion of the family
homestead farm in Ulster, Pennsylvania.Married (2nd) Martha (?).No children.

i. Cynthia Holcomb: Born 17 March 1783 in
Connecticut.Died 10 April 1868 at
Ulster, Bradford County, Pennsylania.Married Ebenezer Shaw (b. 5 Sep 1771 at
Bristol Co., RI, d. 17 Dec 1871 at Sheshequin,
Bradford Co., PA), son of Jeremiah and Abigail (Campbell) Shaw, of Sheshequin, Bradford County, Pennsylvania on 26 February
1801 at Ulster and had a large family.

4Alpheus Holcomb

1.Biographical notes:

Born 10 January 1779 at Granby,
Hartford County, Connecticut.Died 19 January 1849 at LeRoy, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.Settled on the flats at the north of the mill
pond at the center of LeRoy, where he built a house an set up an apple orchard.Soon after sold his farm and went west, returning after a few
years.Settled on the
Robert McKee farm.Was a Deacon
in the Baptist Church and was, for many years, considered one of the Church’s
leaders.At the time of the 1840 US
Census was in LeRoy, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
with his wife and other female members of his household.

Enlisted 25 July 1814 at Franklin, Sussex County,
New Jersey and served in Lt. William Aull’s
detachment.

2.Wife: Hannah Kingsbury

Born 17 April 1783 in Tolland
County, Connecticut, daughter of John
Kinsbury.Died 18 October 1846, age 63.Married Alpheus on 22 November 1801 at
Ulster, Bradford County, Pennsylvania and had the following children:

h. Phoebe Ann Holcombe: Born 30 May 1823.Died 1904.Married David Smiley on 23
September 1846.

3Martha Holcombe:

Born 11 January 1809.Died 26 November 1877 at Ulster, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.Married John McKee,
generation 3 of the McKee Annex on 23
August 1827.

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